About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1924)
PAGE EIGHT >■*>»*»*»»> »l»' rlri i mi,,, , , ■ ~ m-*—. - - Published by The Thnes-Recorder Co., tmcj Lovelace EVe, Editor and Publisher - ■ Emtred m *eeot>d ctoa* pMtofftd •t America*, Geoffi*. according to the Act at Cao«re«*. < Tb* A***ci*fed Pi*» le exclochrely entitled t* mo for the republication of *ll news di>- petefree credited to It or not otherwise credited to &i* paper and also the local oew* pobliahed herd, so. All tight of. republication of special dispatches Me also reserved. * National Aanrtlainc. Ropr»«ent.the», TROST Landis a kohn, Brjuwkk aid».. Now Torfcs ’eopleC Gm Chicago. A THOUGHT Go to the ant, thou sluggard; con aider her ways, and be wise—Prov. 6:6 I pity the man overwhelmed with the weight of his own leisure — Voltaire. Bonds for Permanent Roads *• The attention of the State is again being called to the advis ability of a large bond issue for constructing hard - Surfaced roads. The present system of direct taxation for the purpose of road building is neither satisfactory nor adequate. The state now is collecting a 3-cent gasoline tax. one cent of which goes to the highway department, one cent goes to the counties for road building or maintenance, the other cent being used to retire hypothecated State, railroad xdntal notes. With only one cent —two cents later will require many years to build an ade quate system of hard-surfaced roads in Georgia. In the mean time othqr states are forging ahead of Georgia. Florida, to the south, and North Carolina, to the North, have almost com pleted their systems, while Georgia struggles along in the mud. The terrible cost of automo bile! upkeep and higher cost per mile traveled is a greater tax than the interest on bonds. A most intelligent and comprehensive statement on this phase of the question appeared in the Macon Telegraph, as follows: **'**** 1 <>'■/’; ' * There are at this time some thing like 200,000 motor vehicles in Georgia. Sixty per cent of these are Fords. Upon a fair estimate as to value, the total amounts to $150,000,000. Eight een months is guessed as the av erage life of a vehicle. But for easy figuring, place all of them at two years. The depreciation, if this, be correct, is $75,000,000 per annum. By .paving all of the 6,000 miles of the State system, one year could easily be added to the entire number of machines, which would mean; an annual sav inß «n this item of .$37,500,000. *n Kentucky a test was made with 62 Fords for a term of one year. Half of the number were placed on average Kentucky roads and the other half were kdpt on pavement. At the end of the test period the difference in coßt of operation and upkeep was 2.50 cents per mile, depreciation not included. The cost items in cluded difference in gas consum ed, oil, tires, springs, bolts, work, ’’ft-. Figuring Georgia cars at an . average of 10,000 mile s per an num, the sam e test applied to all Georgia cars would amount to ‘ $50,000,000 per annum. Add to this the $75,000,000 deprecia tion, and we have $125,000,000 per year being poured into Ak fOh, Ohio, and Detroit, Mich., and into the pockets of the oil refin ers, out of this State—unneces sarily. Say that the figuring is all wrong—that it isn’t half this. roMch, or a fourth this much, or art eighth this much—if an eighth it Is still $16,000,000. With one hundred millions in. bonds, to be issued about $lO,- 000,000 P* r annum or whatever sum may be estimated as eco nomically usable, this to be matched by Federal funds, the entire State system could be pCved. As 10 per ’cent of thO system becomes paved, increase tha tag taxes by 10 per cent and So on until the system becomes completely paved, and the tag takes doubled. This should yield about $6 000,000 per annum, and the gas tax about $3,000,- 000 eventually, whcih would pay maintenance and interest and the sinking fund with which to pay off th P bonds. In the meantime and in addition we should we slwu’d be keeping in Georgia fcbrhe of the millions that are now going out in unnecessary waste on automobiles. Jf we put out $8,000,000 per annum in interest and payment on bonds, and saving on one eighth basis as figured above, our investment would be netting us one hundred per cent, the dif ference between the $8,000,000 outlay for interest and payment on, principal and the $16,000,- 000 saved. The great trouble with our present arrangement is that the people have invested big sums of mopey in rolling stock to provide transportation instead of using railroads as previously, and they haven’t provided any rogd bed, as the, railroads have to do. The people are running their locomo tives and cars up and down the State without any rails, or cross '■ ties qr even dirt road beds—and they lye paying a big penajty. Suppose the railrtra&‘ W£r£ to proceed With such a plan? Dou ble tag tax would eventually subject a Ford to a charge of 22.50 per annum, or less than a dollar per month for a paved road. And more than this would be saved in oil, not to speak of gasoline, tires, garage bills and depreciation. Georgia can re duce her motor transportation cost or waste over $80,000,000 per annum. A campaign of education is necessary before any issue of bonds can be secured in Geor gia. Eventually, Georgia will follow the steps of her sister states. In the meantime, we are paying dearly for our procrasti nation. Road bonds have been made a political football by certain state politicians. Until the men of Georgia demand more brains and less air from our Legisla ture, bonds will be made to wait. Stinnes Forgot to Smile Hugo Stinnes, sometimes re ferred to as the German super man, is dead. Dead and only 55 years old. He! worked himself into a premature grave. Chauncey M. Depew, chair man of the New York Central railway lines, is alive and smil ing at 89 years. Mr. Depew will celdbrate his 90th birthday April 23d. He is today hale, hearty and an active business man. ; —1 Why the untimely death of one and the long life of the oth er ? Probably the answer to that question is that one knew how to live. The other failed to look into the future. Stinrtes was an egotistical boaster; a genius, yes. But at that he desired only to add one more gold mark to his already gigantic fortune. He is said to have remarked on several oc casions that he was the richest man on. earth. He has bedn grabbing one German industry aftbr another. Never satisfied, Stinnes tried to rule the earth and in so do ing forgot to smile—neglected to remember that there is just so much energy and strength in the human body. Chauncey Depew has been an active and successful business man. He is One of the most famous after-dinner speakers in America. He has lived and he has worked, but always with a smile. Millions have enjoyed the stories spoken. and quoted from his lips. Here’s one recently told by B. C. Forbes, financial writer in the Sunday American. To Mr. Forbes, Senator Depew said: “I had a little incident last birthday,’ an army of reporters and photographers cam e to see me at certain hour, and while the reporters popped questions, the flashlights went popping. After they had gone a young cub reporter breezed into my of fice, his hat on his head at a jaunty angl e and his whole atti tude, oh, so superior. “I have been sent—l don’t know why—to write something about your birthday. What -is there about April 23 any more than any other day that they’re making a fuss about your birth day,” he wanted to know. “I replied I was 89 and that there wer e not so very many of us left at that age. ‘What about it,’ the young gentleman demanded, hi s hat still on his headl “ ‘Don't you know,’ I asked him, ‘that on April 23 Shake-, speare was born, Saint George was born and I Was born?’ “ ‘All in the same year?’ ask ed the cub.” Stinnes' millions brought him nothing more than the gold of a miser. The distinguished New York ex-senator has gotten as much out of life as most men— much more than some. He has lived a- long arid useful life. Mr. Depew says if you would live long, you should laugh much, attributing his nine-tenths of a century to having early cultivat ed the habit of CHEERFUL NESS. Os Hugo Stinnes, Mr. Forbes had this to say a few days ago: Hugo Stinnes:, the German superman, who was rapidly gob bling up German industries and reaching out like an octopus to foreign countries, is dead from overwork at 55. x Stinnes was not a lovable char acter. Patriotism was sacrificed to profit. His first concern was not for his fatherland, but for his own pocket and honor. He freely ruined in order to rule. His ambitions surpassed those of Caesar, Alexander the Great, Napoleon. He was a queer mixture of modesty and vanty. He dressed more carelessly than his own clerks, at e more sparingly than his own workmen, traveled more unostentotiously than his own minor associates. He lived not in a castle, but, relatively speak ing, in a cottage. Yet he would boast as he pass ed a hotel or newspaper office, or a bank or other establishment, ‘‘l own all of that.” He brag ged loudly that he was th e rich est man in the world. He re garded himself as a Gulliver in a world of Lilliputians. K'e would flaunt an enormous roll of ( big batik'’ bills with all the of aii office boy with his U r ” 1 A ’ * 'HCnE”’ 1/ . k■ ’ / THE LAST •Victorious men of earth, no more . i < Proclaim how wide your empires arc; M Though you hind in every shore \ J}® And your triumphs reach as far Asnightorday, Yet you, proud monarchs, must obey, And mingle with forgotten ashes, when ' Death caßs ye to the crowd of common men. <; 5 • Devouring Famine, Plague,and War, i Each able to undo mankind, Death’s servile emissaries are; \ 1 N° r to iese confined, y. majr ]hX He hath at will More quaint and subtle .ways to kill; ; » A smile or kiss, as he will use the art, Shall have the cunning skill to break a heart. 9 r »-James Shirley. first week’s pay. He found childish glee, too, in mechanical toys. Thes e consti tuted his only hobby. He boasted that he had never taken a single day’s vacation in his life. Had he been wiser in this re spect, h e probably would still have been alive. Human nature does have limitations. The fate of Stinnes will cause many American business men to stop and think, and let us hope, le'arn to smile. The man with hundreds is just as likely to forget the laws of human nature as he who has millions. Whether you are a giant in your profession or a pigmy, remember that the habit of cheerfulness brings in large diivdends. OPINIONS OF OTHER EDITORS i B.OBBED HAIR OVERWORKED It is strahge that hospitals husbands and others should haze such protests on bobbed hair. One may have choices in the matter, but for the life of one it is not apparent why long or short hair should cut such figure. It sim ply looks as if the bobbed hair racket is overworked. —Talladega Daily Home. JUST ASK ONE You do not know how delight ed v.e are when often coming ddwn the sidewalk afternoon and meet to many bright-eyed boys and girls returning to school laughing, singing and whistling with not a single trouble enter ing their mjnds. We once en joyed just such happy days. But in a few short years the schoel days will end with these young people and they will later on be separated in many ways. Some by death. The saddest day that comes to a boy or girl is their last one at school.—Dahlonega Nugget. FASHION FEET The really well-dressed wohian. we are informed on the highest authority, should wear seven dif ferent pairs of shoes a day. Just what they are we have forgotten, but the information gives us quite a thrill. It is a lojng way back to lfr< times when Abraham Lincoln de livered his dictum on legs. When somebody asked him how long he thought a man’s ‘legs should be, he replied that careful re search had convined him that they should be just long enough to reach the ground. In those days legs, and feet also, were regarded merely as parts of the body. Now they are evidently what might be call ed the groundwork of a fashion show.—The Houston Post. A 60,000-STUDENT COLLEGE A college of 60,000 students is in prospect, according to former Secretary of War Baker, who re cently told the Johns Hopkins alumni that he had seen the plans. Such a college wotlld be huge in deed, measured by those already in existence, and would equal the population of a considerable city. Columbia University, one of the largest colleges in the matter of attendance, has less than 12,000 students, whose numbers are sup posed to be greater than they otherwise would be owing to the desire of students from the in terior to secure the educational advantage of residence in New York in addition to what Colum bia offers them. Why the Univer sity of California has as many as 15,500 students is less readily explained. The University of Min nesota has about 9,000 students and Wisconsin about 8,006. Har vard has onIyJLSAO and Yale only 3,7oo.—■VkMtWTTtTl'ie’r mr AMERICUS TIMFS-R ECORDER r vlf • 31k .Apple WALL STREET Prediction: You probably will soon read that the great financial interests of our country will flC.lt huge loans, hundreds of millions, to help Germany on her feet. On the same principle as fattening a cow to make her yield more milk. Why is it so easy to raise fabulous sums for Europe, when Wall Street claims that a soldier bonus would be “too much of a strain on our financial structure?” * * * SPENDING An ex-judge in the east has been, receiving about SIOO,OOO a year from a legacy held in trust. He petitions the court that this income has not been sufficient for the support of himself and family “according to the standard of living they have been accustomed to.” This certainly is a prosperous country. Do you imagine you could pull through on SIOO,OOO a year? The only militarists in the United States are war profiteers who made fortunes out of the blood of the men who wore the uniforms. So says Major General John A. Lejeune of the United States Marine Corps. He is absolutely right, though many would include the more or less feeble-minded who, easily swayed, become involuntary militarists. Our professional military leaders prefer peace. The first stp toward ending war it to take the profits out of war. Draft factories and money as. well as human bodies. * * « ODD The auto has overtaken and passed the telephone as a device of com mon use. At the beginning of this year, final figures show, there were 15 millioif phones in America, while the number of autos was a quarter million more. All this has come about in 20 years. It makes you wonder whht things will be like 20 years in the futiirc, especially as regards the air plane. • * * DEADLOCK Future wars will be fought with invisible rajs (like radio), 'tvhicli will create a zone of death in which everything explosive or burnable will ignite, and even metals will be melted. This is predicted by H. Grindell Matthews, English scientist, who al ready has perfected a ray that ex plodes powder and. cartridges, kills mice, shrivels plants and ignites things 64 feet away. Science, which' created material civilizations, may boomerang as civ iliization’s destroyer. The scientific goal is to make war so deadly that neither side will dare wage it. One argttthent against this is that hu manity has a suicidal tendency. • « • INCONCEIVABLE Speaking of old jokes, Germany now has nearly 700 quintillion pa per marks in circulation. This is 40,000 millions for pian, woman and child on earth. The information is passed along for the benefit of people who imag ine that marks will, after all, “come back.” A Good Thing—DON’T MISS I' Send your name and address plain ly written together with 5 cents (and this slip to Chamberlain Medi cine Co., Des Moines, lowa, and re ceive in return a trial package con taining Chamberlain’s Cough Rem edy for coughs, colds, croup, bron chial, “flu” and whooping coughs, and tickling throat; Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver tablets for stom ach troubles, indigestion, gassy pains that crowd the heart, bilious ness and constipation; Chamber tain’s Salve, needed in every fam (»? for burns, scalds, wounds, piles, and skin affection; these valued family medicine for only 5 ■cents. Don’t miss it, —adv, CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS ZuTne \ \ ' ■> N. > H <&■ J KH /,\ AWAY// , ■ j Old Days In Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder,. April 15, 1914.) Mrs. R. E. Allison and Mrs. R. J. Perry have as their guest this week their only brother, J. E. Glover, of Lakeland, Fla., who arrived yester day and who will probably spend a few days in viewing again the scenes of his boyhood and meeting old friends after an absence of eighteen years. The board of directors chosen last night at the board of commerce was: C. J. Clark, L. G. Council, G. R. Ellis, W. J. Josey, J. E. High tower, J. E. Mathis, O. Q. Melton, John W. Shivef, G. L. Williams, Frank Sheffield, Cleve Tillman, J. E. B. McLendon, R. P. Stackhouse, J. J. Holliday and S. A. Moses. The meeting unanimously passed a vote of thanks to President Clark and Secretary Gardner for their work for the organization during the past year. A very entertaining and enjoyable occasion was that last evening when the younger pupils of Miss Elizabeth Craig Cobb appeared in recital at her Lee street residence. This eVe-, ning the advanced grades of Miss Cobb’s classes will render an at tractive program, assisted by Miss Gertrude Smith and Miss Cobb, the latter at the piano in vocal >dlos, and Miss Katherine Thomas at the piano in vocal duets. Among those who will appear are Miss Mardre Rogers, Miss Katherine Thomas, Miss Blanche Schneider, Miss Cobb and Miss Smith. Little Walter Stapleton has re covered from a-i"el*>ipse - <>f recefit ill ness. Mrs Stapleton, ill with rtie matism during several weeks, is also very much better now. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder, April 15, 1904.) L. G. Council will soon have one of the finest and most complete mill properties in this section and of a kind greatly in demand. Sonic time ago he purchased the Lamar mill, two miles below the city, with 300 or 400 acres of land adjoining. A commodious mill house is now being built there and will be eqUiped with fine machinery for making meal for which there is an enormous demand here at all times. The nipping weather early yester day morning conjured up thoughts of frost and brought to the minds of not a few in Americus the great “freeze of 49.” It came on April 15th and wellnigh bankrupted the country. Col A. P. Lingo reminded the Times Recorder, yesterday of the fact that today was the anni versary of the forty niher. The places oft frequented by “gents of ]< '~e” -were vacated yesterday when the t.i shone forth, and a stamned towards Muckalee creek .ed. T1 Americus colored minstrels, or 'od under management of E. ions, and including several ~ ‘i jsional stars, will appear at the opera house Monday night. A great 1 .11 is assured and colored Ameri cus will pack (he theatre to witness I OAfMS made on im P roved ILuVZ/tlI lands at cheap est rates for terms of 5,7 or 10 years with pre-payment option given Money secured promptly. We have now outstanding over $1,100,000 on farms in Sumter county alone, with plenty more to lend. MIDDLETON McDONALD Correspondent Atlanta Trust Co., in Sumter, Lee, Terrell, Schley, Macon, Stewart, Randolph and Webster counties. 21 Planters Bank Building, Americus, Ga. Phone 89 or 211, „x--u-, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 15, 1924 the first appearance of the company before it takes the road. Miss Christine Brown returned to her home in Montezuma after a plesant visit of several days to rel atives in the city. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. April 15, 1894.) Yesterday Col. Robertas Oliver, the unterrified cotton shark of the seas of Lee, in company with hid trainers, Messrs. Bob Johnson, W. K. Bell and W. J. Dermody, repaired to the seclusion of the Dell’s to acquire the mystic mazes of tandem bicycle riding having in his hear malicious designs against the single blessed ness of a certain charming widow who rides a bicycle. Col. Robertus would fain take the lady on a wheel through the romantic s'ceney of Lee and Sumter while Ute flowers that bloom in the spring are getting in their work and while the,turtle dove is cooing to his mate, but alas thg colonel had not yet mastered the art of riding the bucking wheel, and so he determined to get himself into shape to ride double or annihilate a new suit of spring clothes and a borrowed bicycle in the attempt. Captain H. D. Watts, one of the most prominent citizens of Americus was in the city yesterday. He re ports the Southwest Georgia metrop olis as still on crest of the wave— Atlanta Journal. A small farm situated ten miles west of Americus sold yesterday for S2O per acre, spot cash. That does not look very much like farm ing lands in Southwest Georgia were going begging. Will Dudley’s tandem bicycle, the first of the kind used h re,-.was a matter of curiosity to many yester day as it sped through the streets, with its double load. A certain fes (tive widower has already put in his order for a tandem. These are ticklish times for the man who still wears his heavy un derwear. Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Directors And Embalmers Night Phones 661 and 88 Day Phones 88 and 231 L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Ass’t. Cashier The Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) — lß9l - 1924 Upon the foundation thirty-three years of 6 $ growth is based the tiT present organization of F o ol,r bank. This experi- Pnce ’ s a l"' ;, ys at the MreMtT* x 1-'■Fcommand of our cus tomers. tye cordially solicit yotir banking - business. The Bank With a Surplus RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING No Account Too Large; None Too Small THE STANDARD ONE THOUSAND CANS / LIGHT HOUSE CLEANSER AT 3 l-2c. *<> Manufactured by Armour & Co. a combination of natural cleansing agents, refined and powdered; con tains no caustid, will not hurt the hands; for scouring, .polishing and purifying it has no equal; the large regular 10c size will be on sale here Wednesday and .Thursday at can 3 l-2c NEW SANDALS AT $2.50 New, just received from the fac tory, flexible, stitched down soles; all sizes for misses and ladies; in black, brown and green; all sizes up to 8; here special at pair ..$2.50 THE BEST SHEETING MADE AT 69c Guaranteed to measure full 81 inches wide, and the smoothest, heaviest quality we have ever shown for the price; natural, unbleached color; looks like linen when wash cdx gjenjy. here now at yard 69c BEAUTIFUL AXMINSTER SQUARES AT $45.00 Alexander Smith’s Axminstcr Squares; size 9x12 feet; beautiful Oriental patterns; the best value you have seen for the price. Each $45.00 BEAOTIFUL WILTON SQUARES AT $69.00 Extra heavy solid colors; the grade that is sold by most rug dealers at $100: our price, each 69.00 NEW EASTER NECKWEAR AT 50c Over fifty designs just received by Tuesday express; new patterns; new shapes; the greatest collection you have seen for the price; collars and cuffs to match; price for the set ... 50c ONE BIG TABLE gingham at 19c Good Gingham, standard make of gingham; grngham that We guaran tee the c010r.,; 32-inch Gingham; soiid colors and dress styles, at y«i'd 19c BEAUTIFUL TABLE DAMASK 2 YARDS WIDE AT 79c A clear cut of 21 cents per yard; beautiful satin finished mercerized Table Damask; full two yards wide; on sale Wednesday and Thursday, yard .. ... ........ . 79 c Make a Date With Kathleen Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce AMERICUS. GA.
